In a recorded excerpt, conservative commentator Dennis Prager reacts to a Columbia University newspaper article that introduced his recent "Israel and Morality" talk with the headline "College Republicans host conservative commentator Dennis Prager For Israel and Morality Talk" and described him as a "School of International and Public Affairs dropout." Prager reads the opening paragraph, noting the reporter’s apparent dislike and the framing that he "attended" but did not complete the graduate program. He explains that he gave his master’s thesis orally and never typed it because he never learned touch‑typing—a skill he says was taught to girls but not boys in his high school, reflecting gender‑based educational practices. He recounts the cumbersome process of correcting typed errors before modern keyboards. Prager emphasizes that he is not personally offended but wants listeners to see how the newspaper sought to belittle him. He reaffirms his staunchly pro‑Israel stance, noting the event was hosted by Columbia College Republicans at the Lerner Arun Arledge Cinema, and contrasts the binary framing of "pro‑Palestinian" versus "pro‑Israel" perspectives.
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I should really read to you the opening sentences there. They reported on my speech and it's not even subtle that the reporter didn't like me. Is that fair to say? Oh my God. I spoke for about I would say almost 90 minutes, and then I took questions. And I would say, you know, virtually nothing of what I actually said was reported. But I want to read to you the opening of the report. College Republicans host conservative commentator Dennis Prager For Israel and Morality Talk. This was— that's the headline. That's the title of the piece. So who wrote it? Cameron Spurr. I didn't even look to see that. Conservative author and radio host Dennis Prager, a School of International and Public Affairs dropout. I have to say, I've been called everything. I mean everything. Dropout, that's the first. That's so— it's so interesting. In the normal way of putting it, somebody who attends graduate school, for example, and does not stay for a degree, you normally say Dennis Prager, who attended the School of International Affairs. I mean, isn't that what you would normally think? Whether I got the degree or not, or even say, but, you know, left before getting his degree, or anything. It doesn't— yeah, I'm not even— I'm not personally offended. I just want you to understand how in the first sentence the Columbia University newspaper wanted to belittle me. So it's an interesting thing. You ever even hear of a graduate school dropout? It's a term used for high school and college, and not even college so much. I'm a graduate school dropout. It's really precious. By the way, just for the record, you should all know what I dropped out to— what it meant to drop out. I actually gave my master's thesis orally. And I did not type it up. That is correct. It would have taken a very long time. Ironically, or interestingly, perhaps not ironically, because I simply didn't know how to touch type. And in those days, unlike now, when you make an error, you just redo the word in a nanosecond. In those days, if you made an error while typing, you had to use some white-out fluid over the letter, go back, and then retype the letter. And so if you didn't know how to type, touch type as they called it, you really were in trouble. And the interesting thing is I was never taught it. Here's an example of where sexism and it was sexism, I will acknowledge, really benefited women. When I was in high school, I think it was high school, the girls were taught to type and the boys were not taught to type. Did you know that? Did you have that too? No. No, but I did. It's probably common in a long time ago. Those lucky girls who learned how to type. I didn't learn anything in the other class. I don't even know what it was. I think it was something to do with health. Maybe that's why I've been healthy. Maybe I shouldn't be ungrateful. Anyway, dropout. Spoke to students in the Lerner Arun Arledge Cinema on Tuesday in an event Titled Israel and Morality, hosted by the Columbia University College Republicans. Prager, a staunchly pro-Israel voice. That's so fascinating. A staunchly pro-Israel voice. That's correct, I am a staunchly pro-Israel voice. I, I assume that the author believes that there are just two sides. There's the staunchly pro-Palestinian and the staunchly pro-Israel. I happen to be in the latter category.
